- Joined
- Sep 4, 2011
- Messages
- 6,101
- Reaction score
- 5,740
- Location
- Wiveliscombe
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 24
Not sure why. I was standing near the house minding my own business about fifty metres from any of my hives and out of any line of sight when I was hit by something small just below the jawline and then felt a sharp pain. I brushed whatever it was away and it fell to the ground in front of me, which was the first time I realised it was a bee. She struggled to right herself, having fallen "wings down", whilst I tried to check whether a sting had been left behind. It appeared not. Having regained her feet she flew straight up at me again, bounced off my chest and disappeared.
I don't think she was deliberately targetting me and assume the sting was perhaps because she'd got a bit caught up in my beard. I'm wondering if she was already injured or coming to the end of her life and perhaps couldn't control her direction of flight particularly well. Or perhaps she was confused or defensive because I had my back to the Sun and I just made a large dark shape as far as she could determine. Quite odd though. I've had bees get caught in my hair once in a while, but I don't think I ever had one hit any of the rest of me out in the open before.
James
I don't think she was deliberately targetting me and assume the sting was perhaps because she'd got a bit caught up in my beard. I'm wondering if she was already injured or coming to the end of her life and perhaps couldn't control her direction of flight particularly well. Or perhaps she was confused or defensive because I had my back to the Sun and I just made a large dark shape as far as she could determine. Quite odd though. I've had bees get caught in my hair once in a while, but I don't think I ever had one hit any of the rest of me out in the open before.
James